We know Pakistan is important. Every day headlines raise questions about Pakistan’s stability: its military’s alleged ties to terrorism, the security of its nuclear weapons and its long-standing conflict with India.
But some of the real threats to the country are largely absent from Western media. More conventional domestic issues may define Pakistan’s stability, and in doing so define regional and global security.
From electricity shortages to a looming fiscal deficit, here are four of Pakistan’s biggest problems you might not be hearing about.
A Dire Power ShortageIf you were to stop a Pakistani at random on the street and ask what his or her biggest concern is, there’s a good chance you’d hear about the country’s dire electricity shortage.
Because it cannot produce enough electricity [PDF] to meet demand, the government shuts off power for extended periods of time. These

Posted Oct-4-2011 By

Blackwolfhunting

@Blackwolfhunting
You er...we all can thank the saudi's for making this failed state possible with their re education madrassas camps setup all over that failed state.
They don't need no education. they got all the thought control needed that was issued and paid for by a saudi oil "profits" using a book written in the desert

Posted Oct-4-2011 By

Airedale

These people are protesting against what they call "load shedding" means, electricity cutoff for a few hours or some times few days, reason being that the generators at the dams are not working, due to 10000 year old equipment, ill trained tech staff, or simply broken lines, or stolen lines, and that happens very often. Pakistan has been collapsing since the 80's, and unlike popular belief, its not gonna just collapse, the government over there is as puppet and corporation run as it isMore.. anywhere else. Protests like these happen daily, for electricity, water, telephone service, food, and many other reasons. It's a little complex stuff that goes on over there not easy to explain.

Basically, the land lords/farmland owners run the whole ordeal. Now who grows what matters. Those farm owners have alot of people to work on their farms, they have villages built around farmland, they dont want those people to get educated and ask questions, or benefits for that matter, they dont pay any taxes, they have the excise and taxation system in their pocket, since they have their people elected and placed into the government so nobody asks questions, the police is theirs, they dont have anybody arresting them for tax evasion, so they can do what they want. But now, there are mafias and rivalries between farmland owners and disgruntled public. The police is underpaid, or some times, not paid at all, so they have to go fetch their earning by mugging the public in the name of traffic fines and stuff. If stopped by a police constable in pakistan, there is always an amount that he will let you go for, regardless of what you've done. And so on. Then you include religious division, social division, racial division and in general lots of jealousy and hatred toward each other and this is what you get. The only thing that can control pakistan is the army, when the army is incharge, every fucking thing happens on time and is done right. But then the political parties lose their influence, their lazy bastard "elected" officials lose their posts, and they start riots and oppose the army government. It has happened like 4 times already that the government gets thrown out by an army coup, but then those people riot, start shit that doesnt end and then comes a new government that doesnt last 3 years.

All while, the poor, the young, the hopeful, the students, the graduates, and everybody suffers. If you walk the streets of pakistan, any city, nobody gives a flying batshit about "the west", or the wars or what not, those people are struggling to make ends meet, pay their medical bills, pay their schooling, and sometimes pay for food. Inflation is at a million percent higher than 1990's, there arent many jobs and the infrastructure is damaged. People over there arent eating gunpowder for breakfast and handgrenades for lunch, they are poor and suffering. And poverty does make people do stupid things. Then there is a constant influx of afghanis, or other asylum seekers, from bangladesh, etc. But it's a constant cycle of stupidity. The politicians are busy mugging the government's funds, and as soon as they are done, they just up and flee to america or the uk to live the rest of their lives in peace. What they need over there is a strong army presence in every single institution, specially excise and taxation, and police. Then they can go after the motherfuking terrorizers when they have proper funding.Less..

Posted Oct-4-2011 By

zindo

Posted Oct-5-2011 By

OwlBear

PORKISTAN is the center of terrorism.The #1 enemy of HUMANITY IS PORKISTAN.
Nobody likes this country,USA Should NOT give PORKISTAN $ Billion.They should be bomb to the stoneage.
Fuck taliban and their Porki army and ISI Supporters.

Posted Oct-4-2011 By

aerospaceengineer

Posted Oct-4-2011 By

zindo

@aerospaceengineer If every country took care of their own problems, and their people only, it wouldnt have come to this point. When children are going to bed with empty stomachs down the street from your house, you cant just sit on your ass claiming that all is right, and its all right, cause it aint, and its everywhere. Greece defaulted, who the fuck thought that a country with such great heritage and tourism would one day be so broke. Mind your own problems. But this world is run by mad motheMore..rfuckers who dont give a poo about you, me or those kids.Less..